3M Co. is battling lawsuits from more than 50 orthopedic surgery patients who say the company's popular "Bair Hugger" warming blankets, used to keep people warm before surgery, circulated ...

A steady flow of warm air is the Bair Hugger’s key selling point, as the blanket-like product is designed to keep hospital patients warm during surgical procedures. But a civil lawsuit filed in ...

Developed in 1987 as a way to warm patients after surgery, forced-air warming has expanded its reach into the operating room and preoperative environments. 3M™ Bair Hugger™ therapy ...

The plaintiffs also moved to disqualify the federal magistrate in the MDL, captioned In re Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming Devices, because his financial adviser bought and sold a small number of ...

Arizant’s “Bair Hugger” product is used to cover patients ... and Arizant’s products use forced air — not electric blanket technology — to keep a patient’s temperature steady before ...

3M stands behind the safety of the Bair Hugger forced-air warming system, which doctors use in tens of thousands of surgeries a year. South Carolina's Louis Gareis, 76, and his wife, Lillian ...

Dr. Augustine’s invention, the Bair Hugger, changed surgical practices and made him a fortune. The device, which works like a forced-air heater, carries warmed air through a hose to a special ...

Plaintiff's agreement to drop 'duplicative' case does not bar state case Appeal of thousands of other Bair Hugger cases still pending (Reuters) - A man who alleges he developed a joint infection ...

April 12 (Reuters) - (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) Sign up here. They’ve got an unusual rationale. In a disqualification motion, opens new tab ...

Developed in 1987 as a way to warm patients after surgery, forced-air warming has expanded its reach into the operating room and preoperative environments. 3M™ Bair Hugger™ therapy ...